Director, Creative Video Job at University of Texas in Austin

Job Posting Title: Director, Creative Video

Hiring Department: Intercollegiate Athletics

Position Open To: All Applicants

Weekly Scheduled Hours: 40

FLSA Status: Exempt

Earliest Start Date: Immediately

Position Duration: Expected to Continue

Location: UT MAIN CAMPUS

General Notes:

Additional hours will be required to include early mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays. This job is not suitable for remote work and is expected to work regular on-site hours. Travel is required.

Purpose:

Lead the area of creative video for the Texas Athletics Creative Development department.

Responsibilities:

1. Provide direct supervision of the Texas Athletics Creative Development creative video full-time and student staff to ensure high-level video content is produced for social media, in-venue, web/app and over-the-top (OTT) initiatives, such as the LHN (Longhorn Network) platform. Introduce new techniques and strategies to ensure Texas is a leader in the video space.
2. Serve as a liaison to the Texas Studios live video production unit to ensure creative video needs are fulfilled for in-venue videoboards and linear and digital broadcasts.
3. Serve as a content creator for multiple sports. Collaborate with the Director, Motion Graphics and Design to ensure videoboard, fascia and projector content is delivered in a timely and high-quality manner.
4. Collaborate with Creative Development, Marketing and Communications leadership to determine the sport and event coverage schedule on a weekly, monthly and yearly basis.
5. Collaborate with Creative Development and Learfield Always On staff to ensure growth of the LHN platform.
6. Manage the purchase, maintenance, scheduling and inventory of all camera and production equipment for the Creative Development department.
7. Ensure proper organization of the video server and archives. Oversee the digitization process of analog content.
8. Serve as the Creative Development department’s liaison to external partners for all creative video needs. Ensure requests are managed and delivered in a timely manner (Ex. Footage, highlights, etc.).
9. Consistently exemplify the core values and quality service standards of Texas Athletics. Always act ethically. Proactively seek guidance when unsure or unclear of a law, rule or policy applicable to you or your department/sport program. Actively participate in assigned education and training programs. Comply with all laws, policies, rules and regulations set forth by the Board of Regents of The University of Texas System, The University of Texas at Austin, NCAA, Conference, or other governing body, including state and federal laws. Annually obtain prior written approval and report all outside activities and outside income. Report knowledge of, or reasonable cause to believe, violation(s) of state or federal laws, policies, rules, or regulations of the University, Conference, or NCAA to IA ARMCS or IA HR. Fully cooperate with any investigation by providing complete and accurate information when requested to do so by Texas Athletics and/or the NCAA and do not influence others in any way during an investigation.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Visual Arts, Sports Management or related field. Five or more years of professional experience using Adobe Creative Suite, including Premiere, After Effects and Photoshop. Two or more years of experience with videoboard content production. Excellent organizational, problem-solving and communication skills. Ability to challenge the status quo while still maintaining the integrity of a brand. Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications:

Master’s degree in Communications, Visual Arts, Sport Management or related field. Experience leading a student video staff, including training and supervision. Supervisory experience leading a creative video staff or department. Experience in intercollegiate athletics or professional sports. Experience using Cinema 4D or other 3D animation software. One or more years of professional experience in motion graphic design.

Driving Required:

This job requires a class "C" operator's driver's license. The applicant selected must provide a current three year driving record from the current state of residence. If not currently a Texas resident, a Texas driver's license must be obtained within 30 days of becoming a Texas resident. Employees who are required to have a CDL are subject to drug and alcohol testing (pre-employment, post-accident, reasonable suspicion, random, return-to-duty, and follow-up drug and alcohol testing).

Salary Range:

OPEN

Working Conditions:

May work in all weather conditions. May work around standard office conditions. Use of manual dexterity. Climbing of stairs. Lifting and moving.

Required Materials:

1. Resume/CV
2. 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor
3. Letter of interest

Important: for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.

Important for Current university employees and contingent workers: As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.